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Mineral exploration in Australia during the September 2015 quarter was dominated by exploration on existing deposits, leading to a fall in greenfields mineral exploration metres drilled, according to Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) chief executive officer Simon...

This is Hillary Clinton $30bn plan to save coal miners US Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, doesn’t believe in coal mining, but she is willing to spend $30 billion on a plan aimed at...

Defence of West Virginia's former 'King of Coal' rests without calling witnesses The defence of ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, the man once known as West Virginia's 'King of Coal,’ and that now faces charges of conspiring to break...

Ex-Massey Energy CEO's fate in hands of West Virginia jury Members of a West Virginia jury have began deliberating the fate of former Massey Energy’s chief executive, Don Blankenship, who faces charges related to a deadly 2010 coal mine...

While commodities are mired in the worst slump in a generation and all the market wants to hear is that the worst is already over, O Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) warns prices may fall even further. Unless demand picks up...

Bacanora’s lithium project in Mexico three times richer than thoughtThe project is located 180 km northeast of Hermosillo in the Mexican state of Sonora. Canada and London-listed Bacanora Minerals (TSX-V:BCN) (LON:BCN) saw it shares gain almost 4.7% on Monday...

Carajás 2009 NASA satellite photo via Wikimedia CommonsThe price of iron ore continued to slide on Friday after top producer Vale indicated its flagship expansion project will come in under and budget and on time. On Friday the benchmark...